Sun, VistaPharm Settle Patent Suit on Riomet Oral Diabetes Drug

Aug. 23, 2019, 8:07 PM UTC

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries and closely held Vertice Pharma’s VistaPharm unit agreed to end a lawsuit in which Sun had accused a proposed copycat of an oral solution used to treat diabetes of infringing a patent for Riomet.

  • No details were provided in redacted agreement, filed Aug. 21 and approved Aug. 22 in federal court in Newark, New Jersey
  • Patent expires in August 2021: FDA Orange Book
  • CASE: Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. v. VistaPharm Inc., 2:19-cv-7536, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey (Newark)

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